Well, he "was" an oboist! I was a bassoonist. LOL Avery Todd (flame suit securely on.) On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> wrote: > I understand what you're saying. Sometimes I think it's insecurity on my > part, sometimes I think I'm just embarrassed for them (you know that > embarrassment you feel when the trumpet player cracks his high note, or the > actor forgets his lines.) These people just forget their manners and you're > embarrassed for them. > > > > dp > > > > David M. Porritt, RPT > > dporritt at smu.edu > > > > *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim > Busby > *Sent:* Friday, July 25, 2008 5:23 PM > > *To:* College and University Technicians > *Subject:* Re: [CAUT] Barbie tuner > > > > Thanks all. > > You know, maybe I'm alone in this, but even though I know the piano was > right on and someone like this is basically an ass, it still REALLY bothers > me. And here I am 53 years old with the maturity of a 10 year old… :-) > > > > Cheers! > > Jim Busby > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Paul > T Williams > *Sent:* Friday, July 25, 2008 4:08 PM > *To:* College and University Technicians > *Subject:* Re: [CAUT] Barbie tuner > > > > > Go figur. > > You just have to smile and assure. Education sometimes works, but usually, > they "know it all" > > Paul > > *"Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>* > Sent by: caut-bounces at ptg.org > > 07/25/2008 05:06 PM > > Please respond to > College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> > > To > > "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> > > cc > > Subject > > Re: [CAUT] Barbie tuner > > > > > > > There's always one! > > dp > > > David M. Porritt, RPT > dporritt at smu.edu > > *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim > Busby* > Sent:* Friday, July 25, 2008 4:34 PM* > To:* College and University Technicians* > Subject:* [CAUT] Barbie tuner > > List, > > I won't name the fellow, but at the International Double Reed Society > conference here at BYU there is this "oboist" who is running around with > this tiny guitar tuner complaining that all the instruments are off. He > confronted me before one of his performances saying that the pitch of the > Shigeru was not A440 but was A442. He said the Hamburg D was also A442 (Was > supposed to be at A443). I told him I was confident the pitch was where it > was supposed to be on both instruments and that maybe his small tuner was > off. BAD thing to say! Boy was he mad! After his performance, when most the > people were gone, the head honcho watched me measure the pianos. Less than > 4/10ths of one cent off… (Dang! Will I ever learn to keep my pitch dead on?) > > Funny, but almost all his high notes were extremely flat. Or maybe I'm just > dreaming… > > Jim Busby > > p.s. Other than this unfortunate experience everyone else is very nice and > complimentary. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080725/3fa1c452/attachment.html
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